Improvement in thill-couplings



C. CAN ER.

Improvement in ThiH-Coupling.

Patented May 28,1872.

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CHRISTOPHER C. CANER, OF PATASKALA, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OI ONE-HALF HIS RIGHTTO F. XAVIER DAWSON, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN THlLL-COUPLINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 127,148, dated May 28,1872.

Specification describing certain Improvements in Thill-Goupling forBuggies and other Vehicles, inventedby OHIsToPHER COLUM- BUs-(JANER, ofPataskala, in the county of Licking and State of Ohio. Y

My invention relates to the combination of jaws, bolt, and knuckle insuch a manner that the said knuckle can be easily adjusted to positionin the said jaws or detached therefrom, the said bolt holding theabove-named jaws and knuckle in. position and adjusting the parts towear.

Figure 1 shows thill-couplin g in its several parts. Fig. 2 shows thesame completed.

The jaws to b are attached togetherby halflap of j aw-plates and clip 0,which also attaches the said plates firmly to axle d, plate of jaw bbeing much smaller than plate of jaw a, with only one bolt-hole, andthat being elongated in the direction of the width of the jaws, and aspace being left between the said plates in same direction, making jaw badjustable in the same to wear by thread and nut on end of bolt 43.

I claim as my invention- The combination of the jaws a b and the slottedknuckle 7c and the bolt 6, substantially as and for the purposehereinbefore set forth.

(J .OOLUMBUS OANER. Witnesses:

W. R. RAMEY, S. RAMEY.

